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50 free The Fantastic Four: First Steps trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Fantastic Four: First Steps trivia quiz covers Marvel Studios' 2025 reboot, the film that finally brought Marvel's first family into the MCU and opened Phase Six. The easy questions cover the cast, from Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn to Julia Garner's Silver Surfer and Ralph Ineson's Galactus, and the basics of the plot: the retro-futuristic 1960s, Sue's pregnancy, the herald's warning, the trip to Galactus and the plan to teleport the whole planet. The harder ones dig into Earth-828 and why it is numbered that way, Shalla-Bal and Zenn-La, Mole Man and Subterranea, the Excelsior, H.E.R.B.I.E., the 1994 cast cameos, John Malkovich's cut Red Ghost, Javier Bardem and Adam Driver not being in it, the Oviedo shoot, the Fortnite reference for Galactus, the box office and the mid-credits man in the green cloak. If you want the older films too, try our Fantastic Four movies quiz. Every answer was checked against the film's encyclopaedia entry before publishing.
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Q 01Who plays Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps?
Pedro Pascal
Adam Driver reportedly declined; Pascal wanted a Mid-Atlantic accent but Marvel asked for his natural voice.
Q 02Who plays Sue Storm?
Vanessa Kirby
Emma Stone reportedly turned it down; Kirby wove in elements of Sue's dark 'Malice' persona from the comics.
Q 03Which star of The Bear plays Ben Grimm / The Thing?
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
He performs the Thing via motion capture and got tips from Mark Ruffalo, and the character grows a rocky beard like in the comics.
Q 04Who plays Johnny Storm?
Joseph Quinn
The Stranger Things actor and Kevin Feige agreed the old womanising Johnny would not read as 'sexy' to modern audiences.
Q 05Who directed The Fantastic Four: First Steps?
Matt Shakman
The WandaVision director replaced Jon Watts, who stepped down in April 2022 to take a break from superhero films.
Q 06In which decade is the film's retro-futuristic world set?
The 1960s
Shakman called it 'part what you know from the '60s, but part what you've never seen'.
Q 07What is the numerical designation of the universe the film is set on?
Earth-828
The number comes from Jack Kirby's birthday, August 28, 1917, revealed at the end of the credits.
Q 08What anniversary is the world celebrating as the film opens in 1964?
Four years since the team got their powers
Unlike every previous Fantastic Four film, the origin story is skipped entirely.
Q 09What philanthropic organisation founded by Sue has brought global demilitarisation and peace?
The Future Foundation
Its headquarters is at the base of the Baxter Building, on the site of the real United Nations HQ.
Q 10What news do Reed and Sue share early in the film?
They are expecting a child
The world immediately wonders whether the baby will have powers, and Galactus soon has his own interest.
Q 11Who plays the Silver Surfer, here named Shalla-Bal?
Julia Garner
She took surfing lessons despite a fear of the ocean, and performs the character via motion capture.
Q 12What is the name of the Silver Surfer's home planet?
Zenn-La
She agreed to serve Galactus to spare it, a deal she comes to regret.
Q 13Who plays Galactus?
Ralph Ineson
Bardem was the first choice but clashed with F1; Ineson had played a Ravager pilot in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Q 14What does Galactus offer in exchange for sparing Earth?
Q 21Who finally pushes Galactus through the portal?
His own herald
She stops Johnny from sacrificing himself and goes through with Galactus as the portal closes.
Q 22What happens to Sue after she uses all her power to hold Galactus?
She dies and is revived by Franklin
It is the first sign of just how powerful the baby is.
Q 23Who is the man in the green cloak holding a metal mask in the mid-credits scene?
Doctor Doom
Robert Downey Jr. shot the uncredited cameo during production of Avengers: Doomsday; his face is never shown.
Reed and Sue's unborn child
He senses the child's cosmic power could take on his hunger; the team refuses and flees.
Q 15What is the name of Reed and Sue's son?
Franklin
He is born aboard the ship after Galactus induces Sue's labour, and later revives his mother.
Q 16What celestial object helps the team escape the Silver Surfer, at the cost of their FTL system?
A neutron star
Its gravity delays the Surfer and slingshots them home, a month-long trip.
Q 17What is Reed's plan for saving Earth from Galactus?
Teleport the entire planet to another solar system
It needs huge teleportation bridges built across the globe.
Q 18Where is the last teleportation bridge, the one Galactus is lured to?
Times Square
An entire Pinewood backlot was given over to the Times Square set.
Q 19How does Johnny get through to the Silver Surfer?
He deciphers her language from deep-space transmissions
He plays her recordings from planets she helped destroy, and she flees in remorse.
Q 20Who is Harvey Elder, played by Paul Walter Hauser?
Mole Man, ruler of Subterranea
A former enemy turned ally, he agrees to evacuate New York's citizens underground; Shakman likened him to a union leader.
Q 24What is the name of the Fantastic Four's robot assistant?
H.E.R.B.I.E.
Matthew Wood voices him; his abilities change with the data tape inserted in his head.
Q 25What is the Fantastic Four's spaceship called?
The Excelsior
It takes its name from Stan Lee's catchphrase and was designed with help from a former NASA astronaut.
Q 26Where is the Baxter Building located in the film's New York?
On the site of the United Nations headquarters
Its rocket launch platform juts out over the East River.
Q 27Which Stanley Kubrick film inspired the look of Reed's three-room lab?
2001: A Space Odyssey
A red room for inventions, a yellow room with blackboards for thinking, and a blue room for monitoring.
Q 28Who plays talk show host Ted Gilbert?
Mark Gatiss
The Sherlock co-creator's show is where the team makes its big announcements.
Q 29Natasha Lyonne's schoolteacher Rachel Rozman is thought to be named after whom?
Jack Kirby's wife Roz
She is Ben Grimm's love interest.
Q 30Which actor's role as Red Ghost was cut entirely from the finished film?
John Malkovich
Shakman called it heartbreaking; the Surfer took over Red Ghost's role of destroying the bridges in the climax.